Tree-protector



(No Model.)

' J. A. STRICKLBR.

TREE PROTECTOR. Y

No. 588,029. PatentedAug. 10, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OEEICE.

JOSEPH A. STRICKLER, 0F SALEM, VIRGINIA.

TREE-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,029, dated August10, 1897. Application filed June 20,1894. Renewed .Tune 11, 1897. SerialNo. 640,399. (No model.)

1/0 all whom t may concern.:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH A. STRICKLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Salem, in the county of Roanoke and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Tree- Protector, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to tree-protecting devices, and has for its objectto provide a simple protector adapted to be applied with facility to atree of any cross-sectional shape for holding an insect-exterminatingcompound, simple means being adopted for securing the protector inplace.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear inthefollowing description ,and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a protector embodyingmy invention applied in the operative position to the trunk of a tree.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectiontaken in the plane of the connection between the extremities of theband. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken through thev body portion ofthe band. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the clamp or fastening devicedetached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures of the drawing.

The improved protector consists, essentially, of a flexible metallicband of sheet metal connected at its extremities by clamp membersadapted to be adjusted after the band has been passed around a tree, theband being of larger diameter than the tree to which it is applied, andthe space between the lower edge thereof and the tree being preferablyIilled by packing of any suitable material, such as clay.

2 represents a band applied to the trunk l, and 1l represents packingarranged at the lower edge of the band to prevent liquid from escapingfrom the reservoir, said packing being preferably of clay or similarmaterial. Theclamp comprises members 4 and 7, consisting of barsarranged, respectively, in contact with the extremities of the band andof greater length than the width of the band7 and bolts 6 engagingregistering perforations -5 in the bars, and engaged at theirextremities by nuts 8. These bolts are arranged, respectively, above andbelow the upper and lower edges of the band, and hence operateindependently of the band to draw the members 4 and 7 toward each other,and in order to form a water-tight joint a packing-strip l0 ofcompressible material,such as rubber, is interposed between the clampmembers. This packing is secured to the outer clamp member or bar 4 bymeans of rectangular clips 9, which embrace the outer bar 4 and theelastic strip and pass through perforations of the band, and the clampmember or bar 4 is secured to the extremity of the band in contact withwhich it is arranged by means of screws 3. The inner bar or member '7,which is interposed between the band and the tree,

operates as a spacing-block and serves to hold the band away from thetree. Thus the clamp is secured to one end of the band by means of theclamp member 4, the clamp member 7 being held in its proper relativeposition by means of bolts 6. When it is desired to apply theprotectorltola tree, the free end of the band is inserted between theclamp member 7 and the packing-strip lO, and when it has been contractedto form a receptacle of the desired size around the tree thethumb-screws are tightened to secure the parts in position.

` From the above description it will be seen that the improved deviceforms a simple, eficient, and inexpensive article of manufacture whichmay be applied withfacility to a tree and adjusted to suit the diameterof the tree, and the intervalbetween the lower edge of the band and thesurface of the tree may be filled with packing of any suitable kind toadapt the device for containing a liquid insect-exterminating compound.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A tree-protectorconsisting of a receptacle capable of adjustment Yto suit the diameterof a tree and adapted to contain an insect-killing compound, andcomprising a cylindrical band of sheet metal arranged substantiallyparallel with the trunk of a tree and having.

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its ends overlapping, a horizontal plastic ring connecting the loweredges of the band with the tree, whereby the band forms the outer wallof the receptacle and the tree the inner wall of the saine, a verticalbar secured to the l detachably connecting the vertical bars, sub

outer face of one end ofthe band, a vertical elastic strip arranged onthe inner face of the same and interposed between the terminals of theband, rectangular clips encircling the outer bar and the elastic strip,the inner Vertical bar located on the inner face of the other end of theband and interposed between the saine and the tree and operating tospace the 1o band from the latter, and fastening devices stantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

lJOSEPH STRICKLER.

Vit'nesses:

YV. H. SHUFF, C. H. GROVE.

